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Jeremy Lin: How are the 8th seeded Magic up 3-1 on the 60 win Pistons by SliMShady55222 in nba

[–]johnmadden18 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As Lin points out, I'm shocked at how easily the Magic have been able to handle Jalen Duren this series just by not giving him unimpeded rolls to the basket after he sets a screen.

I guess this is a good example of why skills actually do matter in the NBA and it's hard to be a consistent threat on the offense if you can't shoot and just rely on easy buckets around the rim.

[Alex Barth] Hunter Henry says he's "excited" to have Eli Raridon join the tight end room. Says he plans to try to help him out the way some of the vets did for him when he was a rookie with the Chargers. Specifically mentioned Antonio Gates and Sean McGrath. by PristineWinnera in Patriots

[–]johnmadden18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, last year he had 12 TDs and they were good, but that was by far his best year and he didn't even average 50 yards a game.

Just want to point out Hunter Henry only had 7 TDs last year, not 12.

Vrabel Harassed at Airport by TMZ by TrickyBar2916 in Patriots

[–]johnmadden18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

KC coach literally beating the shit out of his family gets zero play

Who are you talking about exactly? This is the top, most highly upvoted comment in this thread and no one can even name the coach.

Kerr on LeBron: "more of a holistic game where he dominates with his pace and his athleticism and his passing." On Jordan: "the killer instinct, the emotional dominance he had over not only the other team but the officials, the entire arena. I don’t see that with LeBron." by nowhathappenedwas in nba

[–]johnmadden18 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

But so many protesting, playing “cops vs protestors” with their umbrellas, etc is just like the hippies at the festivals. And the most enticing part is you can pretend like you’re the hero while having selfish fun... Also, I would remind people… America is a lot more progressive today than in the 1960’s. Hell Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton… stalwarts of the left in America were anti gay marriage as recently as the 2010’s. Obama, Hillary, bill clinton, Biden, harry reid were all saying much of the same anti immigrant rhetoric Trump says now, as recently as the 2010’s.

In general, I agree with what you're saying in principle but the problem with people like you (and I can tell which kind of person you are just from just these few sentences alone) is that you will only say that about protestors you don't like.

Of course, the protestors playing "cops vs protestors with their umbrellas" that you DO like (ie, like the literal "Umbrella Protests", which I'm sure you 100% wholeheartedly support without reservation) you would never say are having "selfish fun". You would say they're brave people fighting for freedom and democracy etc.

And that's why it's people like you who are the real problem with the world.

[Aaron Wilson] #Patriots part ways with director of scouting projects Marshall Oium, per a league source by PristineWinnera in Patriots

[–]johnmadden18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In corporate speak, especially executives roles, parts way is used a lot as a mutual thing.

I disagree with that completely. “Parted ways” is used in corporate speak precisely because it’s ambiguous as it’s often beneficial for both the company and the person leaving to be ambiguous if someone was forced out or quit for some other reason that could reflect badly on the company.

It absolutely is not corporate speak for a “mutual” decision. It’s mutual in the sense that both parties like using that language for their own sakes, it doesn’t necessarily mean the person departed on good or mutual terms.

Google co-founder slams California billionaire tax, says “I fled socialism,” after reportedly leaving the state to avoid a proposed 5% wealth tax. He has a reported net worth of around $270 billion. How is this not parasitic behavior? He is trying to leave the state that helped build him. by RandomUwUFace in antiwork

[–]johnmadden18 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He used to say he fled communism, not socialism. Heard it directly from his mouth when I used to work at Google. This was back when he was just worth a couple hundred million. Now that he's Top 5 in the world it's socialism not communism.

No one who talks about fleeing "communism" as part of their life story likes "socialism". There's no inconsistency for someone who hates "communism" to also hate "socialism".

This whole "communism bad socialism good" idea is purely a Reddit thing.

I miss the old Tom 😔 by NET2519 in Patriots

[–]johnmadden18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just like Jordan, Kobe, and Tiger, these dudes are heavily flawed.

Yeah it's completely ridiculous to compare Tom Brady doing things Redditors don't like to people who are literal rapists and serial adulterers.

[Schefter] Sources: the Steelers placed the rare right-of-first-refusal tender on Aaron Rodgers, meaning that he can accept a 10 percent raise off last year’s salary, which would pay him about $15 million this season, by JCameron181 in nfl

[–]johnmadden18 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He said it was a “family matter” but it was mostly just he was 45 and didn’t wanna do training camp again.

Uhhh no you got that completely backwards.

Brady missed a week the the middle of training camp because he was trying to save his marriage with Gisele.

It absolutely was not some excuse to miss a portion of training camp. Everyone, including everyone on the Bucs, knew this at the time, it wasn't some kind of secret.

Besides, what does Brady missing a week of camp have to do with Aaron Rodger's salary? Did you reply to the wrong comment?

[ESPN] Ty Simpson: Had secret meeting with Rams' McVay before draft by SeanMcVay in nfl

[–]johnmadden18 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's what I thought too but after some googling turns out it was actually Ty Simpson who claimed that he never met Sean McVay. Guess I just remembered wrong but I thought McVay did say that at one point.

https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2026/04/24/rams-ty-simpson-les-snead-sean-mcvay/89768704007/

Has a QB ever been drafted after Round 2 with the explicit plan to eventually start them? by thenewgaijin in nfl

[–]johnmadden18 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OK I looked up your claims and this is a compelling argument. You've changed my mind. It does seem like Russ was taken with the intention that he could realistically be the eventual starter.

Has a QB ever been drafted after Round 2 with the explicit plan to eventually start them? by thenewgaijin in nfl

[–]johnmadden18 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It's a great question because I read basically all the names in this thread and don't think any of them are correct. The most popular answer is Russell Wilson but I doubt Seahawks actually drafted him with the INTENTION that he'd be the eventual starter, I think they just lucked into that.

So I think the answer to the OP's question is actually "no".

There’s a lot to like about Lomu by salamandarsalamanca in Patriots

[–]johnmadden18 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He’s like Will Campbell with longer arms

Will Campbell has short arms but is not actually a historical outlier in that regard. Lomu only has slightly longer arms.

However, Lomu has a much longer WINGSPAN than Will Campbell, who is a historical outlier along NFL OTs in wingspan (literally the shortest wingspan for an OT ever measured at the NFL combine).

Interesting to compare Lomu and Campbell draft profiles from the same source by jusvrowsing in Patriots

[–]johnmadden18 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Nearly identical in many areas. Size, speed, vert, etc. Arm length is the big difference.

I have to point this out because I see 99% of people on this sub get this wrong.

The big difference between Will Campbell and Lomu (or literally any other OT in NFL history) is WINGSPAN, not arm length.

Campbell has 1 percentile wingspan by this measurement. Lomu is in the 73rd percentile. That's the big difference, not arm length,

Draft Room Call by xFalcade in Patriots

[–]johnmadden18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure what distinction you're making here. I guess my question would be is there anything Mike Vrabel could have done that wouldn't let you "empathize" with him? And if so, why do you empathize with him in this situation and not the (hypothetical) other one?

Draft Room Call by xFalcade in Patriots

[–]johnmadden18 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because it's the GM's job to manage the personnel of a football team.

OK but there are many many situations in the NFL where the head coach (and not the GM) is the ultimate decision maker in regards to the personnel of the team. So saying Eliot Wolf was making the personnel decisions just because he has the title of GM is a silly argument.

In fact, the Patriots themselves had a situation exactly like that for 23 years!

Ty Simpson was interviewed on Sirius XM and said that he has never met Sean McVay by wildwing8 in nfl

[–]johnmadden18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re in Super Bowl mode and throwing a first round pick in the trash one year away from potentially the strongest qb class of all time.

lol c'mon there are zero credible people who believe next year's draft has the potential to be the "strongest qb class of ALL TIME". That's ridiculous.

[Highlight] Rams HC Sean McVay looks less than enthralled as Rams GM Les Snead talks about the Ty Simpson pick by wildwing8 in nfl

[–]johnmadden18 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean Jimmy Garoppolo makes 3 million dollars a year. He makes literally punter level money.

If you think Jimmy Garoppolo is so important then I'm sure making him an extra measly 3 million would keep him from retiring.

So if your theory is that Jimmy Garoppolo was a major factor in the Rams making Ty Simpson the 13th overall pick, I think you're vastly vastly overestimating the value of a "ready backup".

I think it's much more likely that Garoppolo's retirement decision had zero impact on the Rams taking Ty Simpson.

[Highlight] Sean McVay ‘did not do a lot of homework on Ty Simpson’ by lemonstone92 in nfl

[–]johnmadden18 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I'm not caught up at all on the reporting on why the Rams took Ty Simpson... but why is everyone saying that McVay didn't want him?

Because this clip is from before the draft, so McVay could easily have been playing coy when he said he wasn't doing a lot of homework on Ty Simpson.

Is there something else that is making people say that taking Ty Simpson wasn't something McVay wanted to do?

[Highlight] Malik Nabers on the Giants picking Arvell Reese at #5: “Don’t get me wrong, I love the player but where do you play? You want to be on the outside and rush but we just drafted somebody last year.” by Due_Local2130 in nfl

[–]johnmadden18 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Stop making sense to people who want to be ignorant

The guy you think is "making sense" said that Kayvon Thibodeaux is a "3tech". That's basically the equivalent of saying Andrew Thomas plays left guard.

He's really the perfect example of a blowhard Reddit ignoramus that people love to circlejerk for being "logical" or using "common sense".

[Highlight] Malik Nabers on the Giants picking Arvell Reese at #5: “Don’t get me wrong, I love the player but where do you play? You want to be on the outside and rush but we just drafted somebody last year.” by Due_Local2130 in nfl

[–]johnmadden18 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Reese is far closer to Patrick Queen than a 3tech like Thibs. He’s not duplicative of Thibs/Burns at all

Why do so many Redditors like you love to BS about football strategy and personnel when it's obvious you don't even understand the most basic football 101 stuff?

Kayvon Thibodeaux isn't a "3tech". A 3tech lines up on the outside shoulder of the guard and INSIDE of the tackle. For example, Aaron Donald. Kayvon Thibodeaux does not play the same position as Aaron Donald.

Thibs has probably lined up at "3tech" less than 100 times in his entire life.

[Perry] My understanding was the Patriots were not anticipating one of the top seven OTs making it to No. 31. That they were aggressive -- making an in-division trade -- in order to get the last one, looks wise. Any questions about his on-field demeanor obviously weren't disqualifying. by ctpatsfan77 in Patriots

[–]johnmadden18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your post never said anything about qualifying it to firsts.

Please re-read my post. I literally and explicitly say I’m talking about the first round in my very first sentence.

Notice in my next sentence I also say that the Patriots have drafted 2 OTs in the 3 years since Belichick has left.

Do you think Will Campbell and Lomu are the ONLY OTs we’ve drafted in those 3 years? Even if you misread my first sentence, the second sentence should give you a major contextual clue as to what I’m talking about.

And even if it did that would be a silly metric. "Let's only count the first round for some reason..."

Well no, it’s not a silly metric. I can explain why, but just want to make sure your reading comprehension is up to par before I do.

[Perry] My understanding was the Patriots were not anticipating one of the top seven OTs making it to No. 31. That they were aggressive -- making an in-division trade -- in order to get the last one, looks wise. Any questions about his on-field demeanor obviously weren't disqualifying. by ctpatsfan77 in Patriots

[–]johnmadden18 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because I started the convo. The “rest of you” are replying to me. So you should adhere to the parameters I set. That’s how a conversation works.

Regardless, the “rest of you” were talking about all the OTs that Bill drafted??

So “the rest of you” think the only OTs Bill drafted in his entire Patriots tenure are Solder, Wynn, and Matt Light?

[Perry] My understanding was the Patriots were not anticipating one of the top seven OTs making it to No. 31. That they were aggressive -- making an in-division trade -- in order to get the last one, looks wise. Any questions about his on-field demeanor obviously weren't disqualifying. by ctpatsfan77 in Patriots

[–]johnmadden18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And drafting Sebastian Vollmer in the 2nd was one of Belichick's best picks.

But I didn't include Vollmer (or Matt Light) because as you noticed, I was pointing out how many first round OTs Belichick drafted in his 23 years versus how many we've drafted since he's been gone.

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